Art Zoyd - Symphonie Pour le Jour ou Bruleront Les Cites

Artist:

Art Zoyd

UPC:

5411867113300

Description:

Personnel: Alain Eckert (vocals, guitar); Thierry Zaboitzeff (vocals, cello); G?rard Hourbette (violin); Jean-Pierre Soarez (trumpet, percussion); Patricia Dallio (piano).
Recording information: EF Studios, Hennuy?res, Belgique (07/1980).
In 1976, a self-released LP by Art Zoyd appeared in Belgian record stores. At the time, nobody knew Symphonie Pour le Jour o? Br?leront les Cit?s (Symphony for the Day Cities Will Burn) would be the first of many albums from this strange chamber progressive rock outfit. All the ingredients of Art Zoyd`s sound for its first decade are here: unusual acoustic instrumentation for a rock band (violin, cello, piano, and trumpet, plus guitar, bass, and percussion), dark and mysterious atmospheres recalling France`s Magma and foretelling Univers Zero (formed by Art Zoyd percussionist Daniel Denis), and complex pieces owing as much to contemporary classical as to progressive rock. The lineup for this first offering included Patricia Dallio (piano), Alain Eckert (guitar, vocals), G?rard Hourbette (violin), Jean-Pierre Soarez (trumpet, percussion), and Thierry Zabo?tzeff (bass, cello, vocals). The album is split in two. First is "Symphonie Pour le Jour o? Br?leront les Cit?s," in three parts, an apocalyptic work opening with mad laughter, a vision of the end of the world with percussion clashing, frenetic violin motifs, and the trumpet from Judgment Day. Part one, Brigades Sp?ciales, is the most striking moment of the album -- the band will only reach this kind of intensity again on Phase IV. Then comes "Deux Images de la Cit? Imb?cile" ("Two Pictures of the Stupid City"), two movements leaning more toward some warped chamber rock conception of the burlesque, especially on Sc?nes de Carnaval. For a first exposition, Symphonie Pour le Jour o? Br?leront les Cit?s was as impressive as could be and earned the band an immediate cult following. Moreover, thanks to the acoustic instrumentation, the album has aged very well. Symphonie Pour le Jour o? Br?leront les Cit?s was reissued in 1999 on a two-CD set together with Musique Pour l`Odyss?e and G?n?ration Sans Futur. ~ Fran?ois Couture

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Brigades Sp?ciales
2. Masques
3. Simulacres
4. Fourmis, Les
5. Sc?nes de Carnaval
6. Don Juan/Dance Macabre
7. Don Juan/Le Bain
8. Don Juan/La Sainte Famille
9. Jour au Ch?teau/Le Parc, Un
10. Jour au Ch?teau/Le Matin, Un
11. Jour au Ch?teau/Le Secret, Un
12. Don Juan/Le Bain (Final)

Album Information

Release Date:

01/02/2012

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Progressive Rock

Label:

Sub Rosa (Label)

Catalog Number:

SR330

Original Release Year:

1976

# of Discs:

1

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

55 : 36

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